With songs and honours sounding loud, Address the Lord on high; Over the heavens He spreads His cloud, And waters veil the sky. He sends His showers of blessings down, To cheer the plains below ; He makes the grass the mountains crown, And corn in valleys grow,
2. His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year; He bids the sun cut short his race, And wintry days appear. His hoary frost, His fleecy snow, Descend and clothe the ground; The liquid streams forbear to flow, In icy fetters bound.
3. He sends His word and melts the snow, The fields no longer mourn ; He calls the warmer gales to blow, And bids the spring return. The changing wind, the flying cloud, Obey His mighty word: With songs and honours sounding loud, Praise ye the Sovereign Lord !